Park Ji-sung's sad direct hit as he watched the `Lost 5 Months'"It's devastating that Korean soccer was no better than this"
Jul 12, 2024
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Director Park participated in a cultural event 'MMCA: Junior Futsal' held at the Seoul Museum of the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Jongno-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 12th. I think Park Ji-sung, a soccer player, is responsible for Korean soccer. I thought that not saying anything in this situation is like excluding Korean soccer at all"He continued his remarks aimed at the Korea Football Association (KFA) as if determined.
Director Park said, `I don't know the details because I'm not an insider, but in the end, the people in the association will know the truth. It is necessary to explain why this is inevitable. It is necessary to explain why we have no choice but to face such a result in the process"The saddest thing is that there is no definite answer. Korean soccer has changed considerably through the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup, and there were expectations that it would change in the future, but it is disastrous that I received the answer to what has changed since then. In the end, the case was made, and there is no turning back, so then we need an answer to what to do in the future."
Park Joo-ho, who has been a member of the Korea Power Reinforcement Committee for the past five months, revealed problems in the association's process of appointing the head coach through his YouTube after Hong's appointment. In response, the KFA is considering the complaint based on the violation of the confidentiality agreement, saying Park Joo-ho distorted it from an arbitrary perspective. Director Park must have felt quite helpless that "(Park Joo-ho) did not go according to the procedure throughout the meeting. If administrative procedures are not transparent and there is no right system, it is most regrettable that the good talents recruited cannot be utilized properly and used as sacrifices.
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Director Park said, "(I haven't talked to the national team) players, but I don't know how embarrassed they will be. During the five-month appointment process, whenever there was talk of becoming a domestic coach, there was a bad public opinion and evaluation. He certainly had expectations that he would not make that choice, but I think it would be a very embarrassing situation for the players that a domestic coach was appointed. Considering that so many foreign coaches have ever wanted to coach the Korean national team in the history of Korean soccer, it is regrettable. The players will not come forward, but the knot in the problem must be made." When asked if he thought the association's leadership system should be changed, led by Chung Mong-kyu, president of the Korea Football Association, he said there is no provision that the association's president should come down. I honestly don't know how much external pressure will beIt is clear that the chairman has to make his own choice. You should also think about whether there is an alternative when the chairman quit. Rather than what should be done right now, it should be prioritized whether to re-establish the view of the association and instill trust in it in the long run," he replied.
In the end, it depends on the decision of the association and director Hong Myung-bo whether or not to overturn the appointment of the director", he said. "There is still concern about whether we can move forward in the current situation."
Finally "I should have allowed my juniors to show off their skills in a little better environment, but I don't think it would have been this far if people who can show some influence showed good influence, and in a way, I'm sorry that at this time of the best players in Korean soccer history, I can't support it."
yoonjinman@sportschosun.com
